Art is a retired broadcaster and author known primarily as one of the founders and the original host of the paranormal–themed radio program Coast to Coast AM. He also created and formerly hosted its companion show Dreamland. Semi-retired from Coast to Coast AM since 2003, he hosted the show many weekends for the following four years. He retired from weekend hosting on July 1, 2007.

During the Vietnam War, Art served as a medic in the United States Air Force. After leaving military service he stayed in Asia, living on the Japanese island of Okinawa where he worked as a disc jockey for KSBK, the only non-military English-language station in Japan